Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) emerged from the ashes of Sept. 11, when hundreds of millions of people were grieving over the deaths and destruction caused by the attacks. The evidence-based training program offered by EMU teaches people how to understand trauma, stop cycles of violence, and build healing resilience. Twenty-five years later, STAR is still changing lives.
... read more about Twenty-five years after Sept. 11 attacks, STAR program still shines from Susan Kim | Mennonite Disaster Service
EMU’s Department of Natural Sciences welcomes two new faculty members for the 2026-27 academic year: Dr. Megan Moran, assistant professor of environmental scienceDr. Moran is a wildlife ecologist who completed ... read more about New faculty join EMU Natural Sciences
A new program launching at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in October will form collaborative, co-learning relationships with five local congregations each year. The program, A Seminary for Every Congregation, will bring ... read more about Seminary to partner with local congregations
Pastor, organizer, and leader in movement chaplaincy has extensive experience supporting communities through crisis, healing, and transformation The recipient of EMU’s 2025 Outstanding Young Alum Award, the Rev. Brittany “Smash” ... read more about Rev. Caine-Conley joins faculty
Celebrates $1.39M in federal Community-Directed Spending to upgrade and expand lab equipment used by STEM and nursing majors During a tour of the EMU campus last month, U.S. Sen. Tim ... read more about Sen. Kaine tours EMU campus
Ceremony celebrates achievements and perseverance of Intensive English Program graduates Success does not happen by accident, said Christ Zola, a recent graduate of EMU’s Intensive English Program (IEP). “Behind every ... read more about The start of ‘something beautiful’
Harrisonburg City Manager Ande Banks ’97 says EMU prepared him for a career of leadership and service Ande Banks ’97, city manager of Harrisonburg since 2022, says leading the place ... read more about We run this city
